1988 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) - Page 12

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 08:13 PM

July 30th, 1988

Both starters left early but the Toronto bats, led by Mauro Morin's 3 for 3, beat the Yankees 9-8.

Paul Molitor hit his 10th homer of the season.

WP - Rafael Perez (2-1)
Save - David Wells (25)
LP - Brian Fullerton (0-1)

Record - 56-49

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 08:37 PM

July 31st, 1988

The Blue Jays easily handled the Yankees, beating them 11-6.

Ryne Sandberg hit his 10th home run of the year.

WP - Robinson Lopez (12-6)
LP - Rick Sutcliffe (4-10)

Record - 57-49

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 08:42 PM

The Blue Jays moved up to #9 on the Weekly Power Rankings

JULY AWARDS

PITCHER: Mike Boddicker, Athletics & Mark Moore, Cardinals

HITTER: Jose Canseco, Angels & Chris Clark, Expos

ROOKIE: Jesus Lopez, Rangers & Elwood Martin, Expos

Players of the Week: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Kal Daniels, Phillies

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 08:48 PM

WAIVER TRADE

Will they clear?

To GIANTS

Mike Krukow
Will Sparks
Brian Huff

To BLUE JAYS

Pete O'Brien
Colt James
Dan Mathis
Ron Fraser
Parker Morris

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 09:09 PM

August 1st, 1988

Nolan Ryan was dialled in and the Jays fought off the Twins for a 7-4 victory.

Ken Phelps hit his 21st home run of the season.

WP - Nolan Ryan (12-7)
Save - David Wells (26)
LP - Bill Wegman (3-6)

Record - 58-49

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 09:25 PM

August 2nd, 1988

The Blue Jays were kept off the bases most of ht night as the lost 3-1 to the Twins.

WP - Juan Sanchez (4-3)
Save - Jay Howell (20)
LP - Mike Krukow (3-3)

Record - 58-50

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 09:46 PM

August 3rd, 1988

A big home run by Ken Phelps and a two run triple by Sam Wilson did the trick as the Blue Jays beat the Twins 7-4.

WP - Antonio Gonzalez (3-2)
Save - David Wells (27)
LP - Jack Morris (3-2)

Record - 59-50

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 09:50 PM

The trade went through!

To GIANTS

Mike Krukow
Will Sparks
Brian Huff

To BLUE JAYS

Pete O'Brien
Colt James
Dan Mathis
Ron Fraser
Parker Morris

O'Brien joins the Jays.

Ramiro Gonzalez is sent to AAA.

Laurent Dupuis is called up.

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 10:30 PM

August 5th, 1988

The Royals scratched across an 11th inning run to down the Blue Jays 6-5.

Mauro Morin went 3 for 5 with a home run.

Ryne Sandberg left the game with a sore forearm. It is expected that he will take a couple of days off.

WP - Larry Andersen (4-5)
Save - Juan Agosto (3)
LP - Anthony Peterson (0-3)

Record - 59-51

rpriske · 10-30-2019, 10:35 PM

Joseph Prost is activated from the DL and sent to AAA.

Markus Ryan signs a minor league deal.

rpriske · 11-02-2019, 12:08 PM

August 6th, 1988

Mike Pagliarulo was playing due to the injury to Ryan Sandberg, and he made the most of it, going 3 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI! He led the Jays to an 11-4 win over the Royals.

Sam Wilson also homered.

In bad news, Mauro Morin left the game after a collision on the base paths. We await word on his status.

WP - Nolan Ryan (13-7)
LP - Mark Langston (15-5)

Record - 60-51

rpriske · 11-04-2019, 07:32 AM

August 7th, 1988

Spike Owen went 3 for 3 with a walk as the Jays used a bunch of small hits to come from behind and beat the Royals 9-7.

Rickey Henderson homered to lead off the game for Toronto.

Robinson Lopez left the game with a sore shoulder. It is expected that his next start will be pushed back.

WP - Antonio Gonzalez (4-2)
Save - David Wells (28)
LP - Rob Murphy (4-1)

Record - 61-51

rpriske · 11-04-2019, 07:36 AM

Ricky Jordan, Cornwall, was named Player of the Week for his AAA league.

For the bigs it was Kirby Puckett, Angels & Carmelo Martinez, Dodgers

The Blue Jays have climbed to #6 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 11-06-2019, 09:55 PM

August 8th, 1988

The Toronto bullpen struggled and the Jays lost 8-5 to the Royals.

Dave Winfield hit his 11th homer of the year.

WP - Francisco Baez (10-5)
Save - Rob Murphy (5)
LP - Jim Kane (0-2)

Record - 61-52

rpriske · 11-06-2019, 10:06 PM

Bad news. Mauro Morin has a torn quad and will be out for 4-5 weeks.

The Jays are not deep at catcher.

WAIVER TRADE

To BRAVES

Manny Hernandez
Harald Damsgaard
Bill King
Mark Blain

To BLUE JAYS

Armando Torres (ATL retains full salary)
Marvin Morris
Jasper Glendenning
Terry Moore
Frederick Miller

Caleb Bowman is sent to AAA for a rehab assignment.

Cameron Washington is called up from Cornwall.

Harald Damsgaard is Designated for Assignment.

rpriske · 11-09-2019, 12:36 PM

August 9th, 1988

Walt Terrell was on fire today as he went the distance is a 2-0 shut out of the Yankees by the Blue Jays.

WP - Walt Terrell (7-6)
LP - Bruce Hurst (13-7)

Record - 62-52

rpriske · 11-11-2019, 08:22 AM

August 10th, 1988

The Blue Jays came from behind to tie it in the top of the 9th, only for Harold Baines to hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yankees a walk-off, 3-2 win.

WP - John Franco (2-8)
LP - Rafael Perez (2-2)

Record - 62-53

rpriske · 11-12-2019, 09:47 AM

August 11th, 1988

Nolan Ryan struck out ten Yankees and David Wells barely hung in for the win as the Jays won 5-4.

Sam Wilson hit his 3rd home run.

WP - Nolan Ryan (14-7)
Save - David Wells (29)
LP - Rick Sutcliffe (4-12)

Record - 63-53

rpriske · 11-12-2019, 09:55 AM

We had expected Robinson Lopez to only need a few days but the trainers are now saying his recovery is unclear.

He is being placed on the DL.

The trade went through.

TRADE

To BRAVES

Manny Hernandez
Harald Damsgaard
Bill King
Mark Blain

To BLUE JAYS

Armando Torres (ATL retains full salary)
Marvin Morris
Jasper Glendenning
Terry Moore
Frederick Miller

Art Powell is called up from Cornwall.

Torres is flipped

WAIVER TRADE

To CARDINALS

Armando Torres
Dave Edler
Ismael Maldonado

To BLUE JAYS

Rafael Coronado (SLC retain 25% of salary)
Kevin Green
Rafael German
Tim Patterson
Daniel Bass

rpriske · 11-14-2019, 06:34 AM

August 12th, 1988

The Jays pushed Laurent Dupuis just a little too far and it cost them. The Royals won 4-3.

Ken Phelps hit his 23rd home run.

WP - Juan Agosto (2-3)
Save - Larry Andersen (21)
LP - Laurent Dupuis (1-1)

Record - 63-54

10-30-2019, 08:13 PM	#221
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	July 30th, 1988 Both starters left early but the Toronto bats, led by Mauro Morin's 3 for 3, beat the Yankees 9-8. Paul Molitor hit his 10th homer of the season. WP - Rafael Perez (2-1) Save - David Wells (25) LP - Brian Fullerton (0-1) Record - 56-49 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 08:37 PM	#222
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	July 31st, 1988 The Blue Jays easily handled the Yankees, beating them 11-6. Ryne Sandberg hit his 10th home run of the year. WP - Robinson Lopez (12-6) LP - Rick Sutcliffe (4-10) Record - 57-49 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 08:42 PM	#223
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	The Blue Jays moved up to #9 on the Weekly Power Rankings JULY AWARDS PITCHER: Mike Boddicker, Athletics & Mark Moore, Cardinals HITTER: Jose Canseco, Angels & Chris Clark, Expos ROOKIE: Jesus Lopez, Rangers & Elwood Martin, Expos Players of the Week: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Kal Daniels, Phillies __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 08:48 PM	#224
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	WAIVER TRADE Will they clear? To GIANTS Mike Krukow Will Sparks Brian Huff To BLUE JAYS Pete O'Brien Colt James Dan Mathis Ron Fraser Parker Morris __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 09:09 PM	#225
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 1st, 1988 Nolan Ryan was dialled in and the Jays fought off the Twins for a 7-4 victory. Ken Phelps hit his 21st home run of the season. WP - Nolan Ryan (12-7) Save - David Wells (26) LP - Bill Wegman (3-6) Record - 58-49 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 09:25 PM	#226
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 2nd, 1988 The Blue Jays were kept off the bases most of ht night as the lost 3-1 to the Twins. WP - Juan Sanchez (4-3) Save - Jay Howell (20) LP - Mike Krukow (3-3) Record - 58-50 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 09:46 PM	#227
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 3rd, 1988 A big home run by Ken Phelps and a two run triple by Sam Wilson did the trick as the Blue Jays beat the Twins 7-4. WP - Antonio Gonzalez (3-2) Save - David Wells (27) LP - Jack Morris (3-2) Record - 59-50 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-30-2019, 09:50 PM	#228
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	The trade went through! To GIANTS Mike Krukow Will Sparks Brian Huff To BLUE JAYS Pete O'Brien Colt James Dan Mathis Ron Fraser Parker Morris O'Brien joins the Jays. Ramiro Gonzalez is sent to AAA. Laurent Dupuis is called up. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 11-04-2019 at 07:38 AM.

10-30-2019, 10:30 PM	#229
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 5th, 1988 The Royals scratched across an 11th inning run to down the Blue Jays 6-5. Mauro Morin went 3 for 5 with a home run. Ryne Sandberg left the game with a sore forearm. It is expected that he will take a couple of days off. WP - Larry Andersen (4-5) Save - Juan Agosto (3) LP - Anthony Peterson (0-3) Record - 59-51 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 11-02-2019 at 10:49 AM.

10-30-2019, 10:35 PM	#230
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	Joseph Prost is activated from the DL and sent to AAA. Markus Ryan signs a minor league deal. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 10-30-2019 at 10:37 PM.

11-02-2019, 12:08 PM	#231
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 6th, 1988 Mike Pagliarulo was playing due to the injury to Ryan Sandberg, and he made the most of it, going 3 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI! He led the Jays to an 11-4 win over the Royals. Sam Wilson also homered. In bad news, Mauro Morin left the game after a collision on the base paths. We await word on his status. WP - Nolan Ryan (13-7) LP - Mark Langston (15-5) Record - 60-51 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 11-02-2019 at 06:27 PM.

11-04-2019, 07:32 AM	#232
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 7th, 1988 Spike Owen went 3 for 3 with a walk as the Jays used a bunch of small hits to come from behind and beat the Royals 9-7. Rickey Henderson homered to lead off the game for Toronto. Robinson Lopez left the game with a sore shoulder. It is expected that his next start will be pushed back. WP - Antonio Gonzalez (4-2) Save - David Wells (28) LP - Rob Murphy (4-1) Record - 61-51 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-04-2019, 07:36 AM	#233
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	Ricky Jordan, Cornwall, was named Player of the Week for his AAA league. For the bigs it was Kirby Puckett, Angels & Carmelo Martinez, Dodgers The Blue Jays have climbed to #6 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-06-2019, 09:55 PM	#234
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 8th, 1988 The Toronto bullpen struggled and the Jays lost 8-5 to the Royals. Dave Winfield hit his 11th homer of the year. WP - Francisco Baez (10-5) Save - Rob Murphy (5) LP - Jim Kane (0-2) Record - 61-52 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-06-2019, 10:06 PM	#235
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	Bad news. Mauro Morin has a torn quad and will be out for 4-5 weeks. The Jays are not deep at catcher. WAIVER TRADE To BRAVES Manny Hernandez Harald Damsgaard Bill King Mark Blain To BLUE JAYS Armando Torres (ATL retains full salary) Marvin Morris Jasper Glendenning Terry Moore Frederick Miller Caleb Bowman is sent to AAA for a rehab assignment. Cameron Washington is called up from Cornwall. Harald Damsgaard is Designated for Assignment. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-09-2019, 12:36 PM	#236
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 9th, 1988 Walt Terrell was on fire today as he went the distance is a 2-0 shut out of the Yankees by the Blue Jays. WP - Walt Terrell (7-6) LP - Bruce Hurst (13-7) Record - 62-52 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-11-2019, 08:22 AM	#237
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 10th, 1988 The Blue Jays came from behind to tie it in the top of the 9th, only for Harold Baines to hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yankees a walk-off, 3-2 win. WP - John Franco (2-8) LP - Rafael Perez (2-2) Record - 62-53 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-12-2019, 09:47 AM	#238
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 11th, 1988 Nolan Ryan struck out ten Yankees and David Wells barely hung in for the win as the Jays won 5-4. Sam Wilson hit his 3rd home run. WP - Nolan Ryan (14-7) Save - David Wells (29) LP - Rick Sutcliffe (4-12) Record - 63-53 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-12-2019, 09:55 AM	#239
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	We had expected Robinson Lopez to only need a few days but the trainers are now saying his recovery is unclear. He is being placed on the DL. The trade went through. TRADE To BRAVES Manny Hernandez Harald Damsgaard Bill King Mark Blain To BLUE JAYS Armando Torres (ATL retains full salary) Marvin Morris Jasper Glendenning Terry Moore Frederick Miller Art Powell is called up from Cornwall. Torres is flipped WAIVER TRADE To CARDINALS Armando Torres Dave Edler Ismael Maldonado To BLUE JAYS Rafael Coronado (SLC retain 25% of salary) Kevin Green Rafael German Tim Patterson Daniel Bass __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-14-2019, 06:34 AM	#240
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,962 Blog Entries: 1	August 12th, 1988 The Jays pushed Laurent Dupuis just a little too far and it cost them. The Royals won 4-3. Ken Phelps hit his 23rd home run. WP - Juan Agosto (2-3) Save - Larry Andersen (21) LP - Laurent Dupuis (1-1) Record - 63-54 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````